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“It is very difficult to shut the mouth of the mine.” – Arjuna Ranatunga

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In a press conference held today, Mr Arjuna Ranatunga was asked about the 02 billion defamation lawsuit against him by Sri Lanka Cricket. He also says that the people who oppose the changes made for the well-being of the sport in this country are those who mishandle the sport. He further requested the lawyers not to provide any assistance to such persons.

“When the people of this country ask for a system change, when they do it, the public can see who is against it. I also want to take these people to court because those people should be taken to court. I have not received the documents for that yet. I am not personally afraid. This is what I am doing. It is very difficult to shut up the person named Arjuna Ranatunga. I am speaking in the right way. I will answer through lawyers if I have said something in a way that will cause them problems.

“අර්ජුන රණතුංග කියන පුද්ගලයාගේ කට වහන එක හරි අමාරුයි.” – අර්ජුන රණතුංග

අද පැවති මාධ්‍යය හමුවකදි අර්ජුන රණතුංග මහතාගෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනය බිලියන 02ක් ඉල්ලා කල නඩු පැවරීම ගැන විමසීමේ දී ඔහු පැවසුවේ ඊට ඔහු බිය නොවන බවත්, ඔහුට සහාය වීම සඳහා නීතිඥවරු නිරන්තරයෙන් ඔහුව අමතන බවත් ය. එමෙන්ම ඔහු පවසන්නේ මෙරට ක්‍රීඩාවේ යහපැවැත්ම උදෙසා සිදුකරන වෙනස්කම් වලට විරුද්ධ වන්නේ ක්‍රීඩාව අනිසි ලෙස හසුරුවන පිරිසක් බවයි. එවැනි පුද්ගලයින්ට කිසිසේත්ම සහාය ලබා නොදෙන ලෙස ඔහු නිතීඥයන්ගෙන් තවදුරටත් ඉල්ලා සිටියේය.

” මේ රටේ මිනිස්සු සිස්ටම් චේන්ජ් එකක් ඉල්ලන කොට, ඒක කරනකොට මහජනතාවට පෙනෙයි ඒකට විරුද්ධ කවුද කියන එක. මමත් කැමති මේ අයව උසාවියට ගෙනියන්න මොකද ඔය පුද්ගලයන්ව උසාවියට ගෙනයා යුතුයි. මට ඒ සඳහා තවම documents ටික ආවේ නෑ. මම පෞද්ගලිකව බය නෑ. මේ කරන්නේ මගේ කට වහන එක. අර්ජුන රණතුංග කියන පුද්ගලයාගේ කට වහන එක හරි අමාරුයි. මම හරි විදියට කතා කරනවා. ඒගොල්ලන්ට ප්‍රශ්නයක් වෙන විදියේ දෙයක් කිව්වද කියන එක මම නීතීඥ මහත්වරු මාර්ගයෙන් උත්තර දෙන්නම්. නැතුව මම එක එක්කෙනා කියන දේවල් ගනන් ගන්න කෙනෙක් නෙමෙයි.”

“அர்ஜுன ரணதுங்கவின் வாயை மூடுவது மிகவும் கடினம்.” – அர்ஜுன ரணதுங்க

இன்று இடம்பெற்ற ஊடகவியலாளர் சந்திப்பில், ஸ்ரீலங்கா கிரிக்கட் நிறுவனத்தினால் அர்ஜுன ரணதுங்கவிற்கு எதிராக 02 பில்லியன் அவதூறு வழக்கு தொடரப்பட்டுள்ளமை குறித்து அவரிடம் கேட்கப்பட்டது. இந்த நாட்டில் விளையாட்டின் நல்வாழ்வுக்காக மேற்கொள்ளப்படும் மாற்றங்களை எதிர்ப்பவர்கள் விளையாட்டை தவறாகக் கையாளுபவர்கள் என்றும் அவர் கூறுகிறார். அவ்வாறான நபர்களுக்கு எவ்வித உதவியும் வழங்க வேண்டாம் எனவும் அவர் சட்டத்தரணிகளிடம் கோரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளார்.

“இந்த நாட்டு மக்கள் அமைப்பு மாற்றத்தைக் கேட்கும்போது, ​​​​அதைச் செய்யும்போது, ​​​​அதற்கு எதிராக யார் இருக்கிறார்கள் என்பதை பொதுமக்கள் பார்க்க முடியும். நானும் இந்த மக்களை நீதிமன்றத்திற்கு அழைத்துச் செல்ல விரும்புகிறேன், ஏனென்றால் அந்த மக்களை நீதிக்கு முன் நிறுத்த வெண்டும். அதற்கான ஆவணங்கள் எனக்கு இதுவரை கிடைக்கவில்லை. நான் தனிப்பட்ட முறையில் பயப்படவில்லை. அர்ஜுன ரணதுங்கவின் வாயை மூடுவது மிகவும் கடினம். நான் சரியாக பேசுகிறேன். அவங்களுக்கு பிரச்சனையாக ஏதாவது சொன்னால் வழக்கறிஞர்கள் மூலம் பதில் சொல்வேன். மற்றபடி ஒவ்வொருவரும் சொல்வதை எண்ணிப் பார்ப்பவன் நான் அல்ல”.

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